عروسک پدر

by Patricia Calvert, شقایق قندهاری (Translator)

گلنیس، می‌خواهم چیزی را به تو بگویم که تا به حال به هیچ کس نگفته‌ام؛ حتی به وکلایم، حتی به مادرت و مادربزرگت، به هیچ کس. اما حالا خیلی مهم است که تو آن را بدانی، فقط به این دلیل که تو دختر قابل اعتماد و وفاداری هستی.
احساس می‌کردم تمام وجودم با چیز بسیار نایابی پُر شده، چیز بسیار خوشمزه‌ای که حتی می‌توانستم مزه‌اش را رو نوک زبانم احساس کنم.
ترش و در عین حال شیرین، مثل تمشک‌هایی که هر سال تابستان در چمن‌زار آفتابی پشت خانه‌ی مادربزرگ، در نزدیکی رودخانه، می‌چیدم.

253 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

"We are all emigrants from the same country — the land of childhood. What I want to do is write about the journey all of us have taken — or are in the process of taking — from that special place."

Patricia Calvert celebrates her birthday on July 22nd. She grew up in the mountains of Montana, in what was "a magic world for any child, one in which lodgepole pines grew like arrows toward a sky that seemed always blue." Even though Ms. Calvert knew she wanted to be a writer when she was ten, it wasn't until her daughters were grown and had moved away from home and she and her husband moved to Minnesota that she concentrated on her writing.

Among her books, The Snowbird and Yesterday's Daughter have both been named to ALA's Best Books for Young Adults list. Glennis, Before and After received a Christopher Award. Betrayed! (Atheneum) appeared in 2002 and Robert E. Peary: To the Top of the World (Benchmark) in 2001. Most recently, Ms. Calvert has been focusing on nonfiction writing, bringing us biographies of Zebulon Pike and Kit Carson, as well as The Ancient Celts.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

این کتاب را سالها پیش خواندم.کتاب موردعلاقه ام نیست،اما یک غافلگیری اساسی اواسط داستان بود که واقعا مرا شوکه کرد.طرز تعریف کردن داستانش را دوست داشتم.و در مجموع کتاب خوبی بود.
راجع به پدری است که به جرم دزدی-بالاکشیدن پول عده ی زیادی از مردم-به زندان افتاده.روایتگر داستان هم دختر اوست.

[Arghavan · Rating 4 out of 5]

امان از این coming-of-ageهای زیبای اواخر قرن بیستم.

[Baran🦋 · Rating 3 out of 5]

In the middle of the book, it was a big shock for readers and the girl in our story ! i though i was reading wrong but no , her father really did that...
after that disaster ,she start to be happy and enjoy her life with her aunt and Skipper... i think she succeeded in that... in the end of the story .

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

I reread this as an adult and while some parts were old to me for the most part it stands up.

[Saba · Rating 5 out of 5]

the book i read at 15; and i go back to it whenever i need courage. at times you can feel Glennis' tiresome deep in her words, while trying to be brave. The strongest girl in my world as a teenage, she taught me not to yeild. any time i read the part she is confessing in front of the class my heart comes out of my chest.
And you know what?! i still make stories for the people in the bus!

[Mariam Hoseini · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book (the Persian translated version) 15 years ago and have read it over and over and over. A simple story of accepting the reality and dealing with it courageously. Absolutely love this book.

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[Celincorpuz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very nice and interesting. :)

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

For my opinion I thought the book was okay.

[Diba Roshan · Rating 5 out of 5]

خیلی کتاب قشنگی بود من از خوندش لذت بردم. به همه مخصوصا نوجوانا پیشنهاد می دم

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